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The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales says one of the stormiest winters on record is seeing dead birds washing ashore on many of our beaches.

The Trust, which manages the internationally important seabird islands of Skomer and Skokholm on the Pembrokeshire coast, says deaths are being reported on beaches like Newgale, Broad Haven and Ferryside

A leading Welsh tourism operator has criticised the Met Office for scaring away visitors with their warning of a severe storm. Wales escaped the worst of the threatened damage with the bad weather hitting the south West England instead.